An Analysis of Psychological Conflicts in Khaled Hosseini’s Novel The Kite Runner

Abstract

The research analyses the psychological conflicts in the novel The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. It analyses how a man contradicts in narrating his experience with his father and a close friend, observing till the end of his actions. The structural and psychological approach is used to analyze the intrinsic and extrinsic elements. The structural approach is used to analyze the character, conflict, setting, and plot. The narrator describes a series of contradictory viewpoints and states of mind throughout the whole novel. The paper shows a psychological interpretation of how emotional traumas affect the self-perception, moral development, and planned behaviour of the main character by the pot, conflicts, and point of view. The gathered details are analyzed through Sigmund Freud's Theory. Thus the research brings out how the narrator tells a story that shows the psychological conflicts within the characters. The thematic analysis of the novel helps the arguments to be put forth.